The Greg Moore Story

[9999faill]

you dont have to be in formula 1 to be a legend, just look at AJ Foyt, Dale Earnhardt, Tom Kristensen and Dario Franchitti

[Lock007i]

It's 12 years today since Greg's accident, it doesn't matter how much time has passed - Greg will always be remembered. He was the best!! RIP Greg Moore.

[PinoThePizzaman77]

RIP Greg.Would like to have see you in Formula One.

[HelloShakedown]

Brings tears to my eyes to see this again...Does anyone know what song that little piano ballad at the end of this video is from? I've heard it other times when people have died in pieces shown on espn. I just want to know if i can find the song itself somewhere....I would like to download it. Does anyone know?. So fitting. Moore was going to be great

[titaniumtori]

@HelloShakedown I do not what the song is called, but I do have the same reaction with my eyes tearing up. I have Greg's book . I got it for Christmas last year. I was able to meet Dario Franchitti in January. I got him to sign Greg's book.

[WreckEmUp1]

ESPN made a tribute like this for Davey Allison too shortly after his death.

[undertakerdeese]

He could of been killed by a hockey puck.

[titaniumtori]

Honoured Greg yesterday. Did anyone else?

[raGe27576]

we still miss you greg, never forget

[smackbunny]

Fast, quick, smart.

[JRBX50]

What a talent this guy was.

How many wins Greg would have gotten with Penske, nobody will ever know.

[MooreWolverinesFan]

I doubt that Greg would have joined Ferrari if he ended up going to F1, because he drove a Mercedes in CART. For that reason, he would've probably joined McLaren, or at least that's what I think.

[ryanacehigh]

So do the 3 fans who died from Greg's tyre get to have a tribute?

[champcar4ever]

@ryanacehigh It wasn't Greg Moore's tire that flew into the stands at the 1998 US 500 at Michigan International Speedway. The tire came from Adrian Fernandez's car and Greg Moore was the winner of the race.

[ryanacehigh]

@champcar4ever Sorry i misunderstood that part, though my point still stands.. Of course it is so sad to see such a talented driver pass away but he always new the risks of racing.. I just feel even more sorry for those fans who probably didnt know the risks.. RIP

[lapleader]

@ryanacehigh I was at the 1998 US 500 and the fans were certainly recognized. CART, IRL, NASCAR Formula 1 and other organizing bodies have always gone with the finishing of race. Even when Senna was killed at Imola, that was the day after another death at the track, Roland Ratzenberger. As a former racer I generally agree to finish. In the NFL they don't cancel games when players are made quadriplegic. Stadiums collapse. Death and injury are part of more sports than just racing unfortunately.

[WhiteHatBobby]

@lapleader The IRL abandoned the race at Charlotte after the tire flew and killed spectators. Under IRL rules, the race was abandoned after 79 laps. If it was under the FIA Code, the race would have a winner (starting the fourth lap makes a race official).

[Caveman4860]

#1, it was Adrian's Tire, that came off, that Greg won the Race #2 Adrian won the race that Jeff Krosnoff was killed in. Was He scorned? Helio Castroneves, Owes his career @ Penske, as the replacement for Greg.

He died, in the Last race of season, to join Penske Racing the following year. Roger, had to get another driver. Helio IS Good! But Greg, was His choice.

[86markb]

@ryanacehigh  it was Adrien Fernandez's tire retard

[continentalrcinglg]

@ryanacehigh Wrong race, moron. Moore won THAT race.

[stillpunk14]

wished he had stayed with hockey -- like all the rest of our good old Canadian boys -- we still miss him

[teamlaguna]

We miss you GREG !

[Nocito87]

He was the reason why i was more a CART fan than a formula 1 fan. I could even get my best friend to watch CART and become a Greg Moore Fan.

[18PacWest]

I became a PacWest racing fan and Mark Blundell fan since 1997.

[Nocito87]

@18PacWest

Yeah PacWest ! In my opinion they had one of the most beautiful paint schemes on their cars. Especially 1996 - 1999. Mauricio Gugelmin was also a nice guy.

[18PacWest]

Both the ''Motorola'' and the ''no limits'' livery on their cars.

The Nextel livery came back in 2000.

[Racefan99345]

This is as hard to watch today as it was ten years ago. There hasn't been a day that has passed since his accident that I don't think of how great Greg was or how great he would have been. Thank you for posting this.

[titaniumtori]

nice way to honour him

[stockholm16dz]

In the past he won 10 races in the ChampCar sanctioned IndyLights series and won 5 Grand Prix wins with Player's Forsythe.

He said that he'll drive at Team Penske for two years and joined Ferrari in Formula One and he could have lived, nowadays he passed away.

[MrSennagod]

@stockholm16dz  uh?

[stockholm16dz]

He could have driven two years with Team Penske and then joined Ferrari in Formula One since Gilles Villeneuve back in the 80s

[ValentePoker]

He never drove in formula 1

[alexeduardo007]

Rest in Peace... Greg Moore (1975-1999), 10 years, dead in Fontana, California - October 31th 1999

[titaniumtori]

I will be posting a tribute for Greg on what would have been his 35th birthday and have watched the nascar racing that were in Fontana. I will also honour him on October 31 every year from now on.

[titaniumtori]

@alexeduardo007 I honoured him that day, but I guess all his fans, friends & family were thinking of him 10 years later :)

[titaniumtori]

@titaniumtori yes I believe the same thing I'm honouring him on Sunday

[greysgirl199]

I can't believe it's been 10 years. RIP Greg. Open wheel racing misses you. :(

[titaniumtori]

i starting crying while watching this when i found out the night he died i saw his ghost he was in his helmet and fire suit but they were white.

[18PacWest]

I was crying as well when I was watching this film.

I have painted a Ferrari F2003-GA to commemorate his honor.

Number 99 4ever.

[titaniumtori]

I get a strange feeling when I here him talk about racing and also When Dario Franchiiti talks about Greg. It feels like he is with me.

[penske13]

i shouldn't write this....but i'm going to. i was watching this when it happened and i knew immeadiately it was going to be bad. when the word finally came, i broke down. i cried so hard it made my throat hurt. when my wife came home from work she told me she was sorry for not paying more attention when i called but it was killing her to hear me cry. the thing is....i don't remember making that call. my lips still quiver every time i see this segment.

[wawiebeastman]

Perhaps would've won titles in Indy with Penske or moved to F1 with McLaren-Mercedes had he lived.

Would've been Canada's best bet for another World Title since JV.

[nascarfan9000]

rest in peace greg moore

[rockbottom56]

Damn, when was the last time you saw the Detroit Lions win a game?

[dorrrdorrr]

RIP

[Z1Z2Z5Z4]

My daughter went to school with Greg. I asked her what he was like as a high-school student. "A nerd", she answered. In teen terms I realized this meant he was intelligent and studious, something he carried onto the track with a calculated but aggressive style. A fine young man, a great loss to the racing community and to his family and friends here in Maple Ridge.

[nthnkilgore]

My uncle at 1:42 was the led mechanic/right rear tire changer, he also strapped Greg in every race. He told him that he should take it easy, also that he shouldn't race. My uncle told me that at that single point he's never seen anyone more determined to do something than Greg, that he's never seen Greg more determined to do anything. Greg was and simply is a DOER. At no point in time did he ever even think that he wouldn't,couldn't, won't race. NO ONE CAN EVER REPLACE GREG MOORE.

[mifaupce]

spoczywaj w pokoju

[lopezmotorsports]

My brother and I were there. When they lowered the flags for him, we knew it was bad. The win meant nothing... It was just not real. After the race, it was so quiet. You could only hear the wind and birds. We were listening on our scanners and they said that they never told any of the drivers till the race was done. I'll never forget that day... =o(

[davefs25]

I saw his crash live on TV.

When the cameras began to avoid showing the rescue, that's when i knew it was a serious crash... so sad.

[brundlefly2084]

Robin Miller put it best when he said on Wind Tunnel the sadest thing about the spilt

between the IRL and CART was that Greg Moore and Alex Zanardi never got to run the Indy500

[AutoRockinRacing94]

They Both Deserved to be the Indy 500 and win it.

[brundlefly2084]

I totally agree

[daisuke2479]

This video brought tears to my eyes, I got so emotional hearing Greg's voice we all were familiar when he was alive.

I just feel sad what he could have accomplished.

[mandrake3k]

still my favorite driver

[CSIS25]

same with me, he was awesome

[tezgm99]

always will be mine too. I now live about 20 miles from Maple Ridge...only been there once and it was emotional enough, even ten years on :(

[Boomdog15]

A great racer & a great person. We will never forget Greg.

[bojo011]

Thanks. G.Moore the Great talent pilot. R.I.P.

[gabitamr]

por siempre greg!!

[lukeCART1]

i wonder if helio castroneves would have been as big of a star if greg didn't die. second biggest death in motor sport history.

[djbadlt]

i can answer that for you definatively . . . no he would not have. Its that simple

[eako2107]

Exactly right. HC-N had zero opportunity plans when Hogan shut down post Fontana. Watch the CART2Day pre Fontana race show where it is talked about. Helio sadly owes a LOT to Greg's passing.

[dario272]

yes, he was also the best Mercedez racer, i remember those engine weren't good enough, but still he was fighting agains several people, that's what got penske interested

[hoyadestroya85]

Thank you for adding this

[thejimshow]

It would have been great to see him with Penske. He might have several titles and and Indy 500 win or two by now.

[fishflake1209]

I didn't see the crash until watching SportsCenter immediately after the race. That footage was even worse than the live feed; it followed the car through the barrel rolls that the director missed before he cut for the fatal impact.

[daddydawg]

For a look at a Great Tribute page to Greg Moore go to myspace dot com/players99.

[alexcool79]

those who were watching it on tv, knew that this was fatal, we just hoped it wasn't.

[fishflake1209]

I didn't see the crash as it happened; I tuned into ESPN about a hundred laps in, and all I knew was that Greg Moore had a serious accident. Some time later, his death was announced, and the atmosphere after the race was one of the most somber scenes I have ever witnessed. Paul Page had some strong words at the end of the telecast which I haven't been able to remember. I wish someone would upload the post-race footage; I definitely have seen the accident too many times.

[S2KINDYCAR]

sad day for the sport of open wheel racing Greg had so much promise i can imagined him winning championships and the indy 500

[franticfury]

was this just after his death?

[champcar4ever]

It was on the day of his death, October 31, 1999.

[brian8556]

@champcar4ever Of course it had to be on Halloween.